Lifestyle Home / Lifestyle After Hours More How content creator Marwan Sallam’s anti-AI movement is reclaiming human connection Curator Heba El Kayal on bringing a century of modern Egyptian art to Washington, DC The Egypt Coffee Festival is back this weekend, brewing up “Common Grounds” for the industry Raad Records co-founder Malik Tag wants cross-cultural collaboration and shared ownership to fix what streaming payouts can’t Office Life More From Zamalek to New Cairo, here’s where to set up when the home office isn’t working for you This corporate trainer’s icebreaker of choice is literal juggling The professional’s guide to managing workplace burnout From mining to edtech to entrepreneurship, these are the conferences worth attending The Enterprise Guide More Your guide to registering as a freelancer in Egypt Want to revisit the 6 October War? Here are a few museums worth adding to your itinerary From Darb 1718 to the Rijksakademie: a guide to artist residencies open to Egyptians now How to choose the right education track for your child Gaming More After six years of delays, Capcom’s Pragmata proves restraint paid off Rockstar’s other open world holds up just fine, 16 years later Revisiting Rockstar’s 2002 hit GTA Vice City ahead of the much anticipated GTA VI Wizard101 is still standing — and still worth your time Tech More Tactful AI’s Mohamed Elmasry on how a smart home idea became a customer experience business Can AI promise Egypt’s lenders more borrowers and fewer bad loans? What does AI mean for your team? Investors turn on the debt behind the AI build-out Food More Miam Miam and The Matcha Mob are a match made in heaven Sal & Sol has the rooftop and the view, but the food doesn’t deliver Part 2: Local agritech is building the tools to double Egypt’s farm yields Mad Shrimp in Heliopolis isn’t afraid to experiment Podcasts & Music More Uncomfortable questions answered in NPR’s Are We Doomed? Krista Tippett’s ‘On Being’ turns science, poetry, and spirituality into one long conversation How I Write: A podcast about writing and a masterclass in craft, discipline, and influence for anyone who makes things From Chicago’s bricks to New York’s design, 99% Invisible explores the hidden stories behind everyday design Film & TV More The One About Matthew Perry is a tribute that lets friends, family, and Perry’s archival footage tell the story VisionQuest trades hero-versus-villain for a story about memory and identity An exploration of the real economics behind an Egyptian film Brothers: What if your lifelong best friend were actually your brother? Worth Reading More Dissection of a Murder serves up a twisty, psychological courtroom thriller ‘A Trade in Dreams’ archives the invisible history of Egyptian advertising Evelyn Clarke’s The Ending Writes Itself is a traditional whodunit, clichés and all Empty Vessel traces four decades of global economic transformation through the history of a single ship Arts & Culture More The price of taking a pro-Palestine stand in Hollywood Egypt: Recipes and Stories from an Ancient Land is part cookbook, part cultural argument A London auction raised a total of GBP 249k for Gaza through 28 fiberglass watermelons and the artists who transformed them Your guide to Cairo after 5 for visiting guests Events More The Future Hospitality Summit lands in Egypt this November to talk all things hotels Ahmed Amin brings Meen Amin to Alexandria this Friday Cairo Jazz Festival returns to AUC Tahrir Square next week Hisham Abbas, Hamid El Shaeri, Mohamed Fouad, and Ehab Tawfik at Fustat Festival Founders Under the Spotlight More Meet our Founder of the Month: Olimi AI’s Shaden El Olimi Meet Egyptian 3D concrete printing company Layn’s Zeyad Zein Meet our Founder of the Month: Biddex’s Amr Allam Meet our Founder of the Month: Arise Media’s Amall Askar Weekend Reads More The business case for hotel eco-certifications in Egypt Is our overuse of memes making us less socially intelligent? Tracing the history (and economics) of El Moulid El Nabawy celebrations Back-to-school in Egypt: what the season costs parents and what it’s worth to retailers Made In Egypt More Homegrown brands are running on Shopify because local alternatives cannot yet be trusted to survive Home, from here Egypt’s homegrown brand wave stalled at the border Denim, homegrown
Raad Records co-founder Malik Tag wants cross-cultural collaboration and shared ownership to fix what streaming payouts can’t
How I Write: A podcast about writing and a masterclass in craft, discipline, and influence for anyone who makes things
From Chicago’s bricks to New York’s design, 99% Invisible explores the hidden stories behind everyday design
The One About Matthew Perry is a tribute that lets friends, family, and Perry’s archival footage tell the story
Empty Vessel traces four decades of global economic transformation through the history of a single ship
A London auction raised a total of GBP 249k for Gaza through 28 fiberglass watermelons and the artists who transformed them